Steph

'We don't know what the marble is but we feel free to declare that it's rare.'

They look modern to me.

My first impression was like Rick's, thinking maybe Akro at 9:00 and Vitro on the others. But gosh they all go together so well.

The mouse is cute! but yeah, fake. The sharpie marbles are made with used ball mill balls. Very dense industrial spheres. I think these two were made differently by a different person than the sharpie marbles -- not just drawn on -- but still modern.

Gorgeous. Congrats.

This one is oxblood.

sounds appealing did anyone play with you?

The bubble pops on the middle make me wonder if it's Vacor

lol ... yeah, I see a few good ones.

Art has a great point. We have the 100 post threshold before new members can post in our Buy-Sell-Trade forum to let people establish themselves before getting into trades on the site. But we allow people to post their ebay auctions in the main chat forum without worrying about post count, so there is gray area. Of course ebay has its own buyer protections. My main problem with the proposal is how to set a market value for an unexamined collection of unknown condition. If you guys want to chat about getting together there's no offense. Just take the usual care in dealing with people you don't know yet.

I think the second marble is a Jabo, made in Reno, Ohio after 1991. The first looks vintage, and I want to say West Virginia Swirl, which at the .8 inch size would point me toward Alley. This particular view almost looks like separate ribbons ribbons meeting at a small cutline, which isn't expected on a WV swirl though, so I'm holding back, but everything else looks quite suitably swirly. 🤔

@Alan, is that what you're addressing here? How a non-Akro might come up with a flisheye-like feature?

Patches yes. Nice seam captures on 4 of the 5 so you're off to a great start (not sure I'm seeing both seams on the center marble). Vitro Conqueror on the right, a 1940's marble. Probably some other Vitro Conquerors (I'm thinking #2 and #4) but the pictures seem overexposed somehow and I'm not sure. Combining all four views into a collage gives us less opportunity to blow the images up for detail.

Pelt and Pelt and ... the color sure looks Peltish but I'm having trouble making sense of the ribbon structure so I'm not sure.

My vote: Akro, Vacor, Alley My second choice for the first one would actually be Peltier but I'm sticking with Akro for now.

Oooooh. Interesting. I haven't seen that color in that style. Can't think of what else it would be. But it's new to me so ???

Yes, rootbeer floats are larger. And between Akro and Master I am leaning Master.

I think I can safely say no. However, I will ask the size. I'm getting more of an Akro or Master feel here than a Peltier banana boulder kind of feel.

Here's to a gentle holiday for us all.

So far I'm not seeing the possibility of handgathering. I _think_ I'm seeing two v-shaped cutlines ... leading to the thoughts of it being Master. I'm curious about the Mexican possibilities though. I have been hearing that there were some gorgeous Master-like marbles coming out of Mexico in the 50's and 60's.

*tossing Rick a bone* I'll backtrack and dither here. "Leaning Master, but with the bright green I am still seeing foreign possibilities"

Another vote for Master

@Melissa, this one is Tribute to Friendship

Yes, two cat's eyes there.